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Daily Dose of Dr. Odd: Chess Covers from Science Fiction Pulpworld

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I don’t often see pulp sci fi covers decorated with chess figures, but I did find these three, recently.  The first, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow” is interesting because of teh author.  Or “authors”, as Lewis Padgett is a pseudonym for a husband and wife writing team, Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore.  And although there is a small sub-genre of married people.couples writing books together, few of them have taken a separate name for their efforts.  “Padgett” is one of them.  In any event, the chess pieces are unusual, and their appearance on the cover of a journal such as this makes this doubly-so. 
Astounding Stories 194 - Chess - Atomic War - Tomorrow And Tomorrow - January 1947 - Danger

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